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ever living molested and eternally suffering. 41. And their development, the strength of lineage obtained, is ever young in succession, and the tender, welldestined ones, who are good, are in adversity and perpetuity of life, so that there is a succession of life through their own well-destined offspring ? 42. They become eternally famous, so that they obtain, every one, an old age which is renewed, free from sickness and decay, visibly in their own offspring and family (gôharako) whenever they become complete; and any one of the combative, whose struggle is through the smiting that his fellowcombatant obtains, is of a comfortable disposition at the balance 2. 43. This one, too, is for stepping forth to heaven, even as that pre-eminent one of the righteous, the greatest of the apostles and the most fortunate of those born, the chief of worldly beings, the righteous Zaratūst the Spitamân, when the omniscient wisdom, as a trance (gip), came upon him from Adharmazd, and he saw him who was immortal and childless, and also him who was mortal and provided with children; that perpetual life of the childless then seemed to him terrible, and that succession of mortals seemed commendable 3; so that
* M14 and J have merely: are a succession in adversity and perpetuity of life.'
? Assuming that taras stands for tarask. The meaning is that any one who has successfully struggled with sin in the world, and leaves offspring behind him, goes to his account, at the balance of the angel Rashnû, with cheerfulness.
% This seems to be a variation of the statement in Byt. II, 13, where Zaratûst, after asking for immortality, and having had the omniscient wisdom infused into him for a week, describes what he had seen, and amongst other things says: 'I saw a wealthy man without children, and it did not seem to me commendable; and I
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| SR No. | 007676 |
| Book Title | Text of Confucianism Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | James Legge |
| Publisher | Oxford |
| Publication Year | 1882 |
| Total Pages | 2405 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 43 MB |